Overview
- ATESH, a clandestine network, reported multi-site explosions across Crimea overnight, citing Kacha and Belbek airfields, Saky, Balaklava, and several areas of Sevastopol.
- The group said Russian air defenses fired missiles before the blasts and later used guns and artillery near a thermal power plant in Balaklava.
- According to ATESH, the strikes came in waves from several directions, with an active phase from about 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and the incident ending around 5:30 a.m.
- ATESH said its agents relayed real-time updates on drone routes and air-defense activity to Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
- Ukrinform noted earlier claims that Ukraine’s security service hit three ships, a MiG-31 jet, and air-defense systems in Crimea, and it previously reported a radar placed next to a children’s camp to protect Belbek airfield.